Motherland Party of Turkey

The Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) is a liberal-conservative political party in Turkey that was founded by Turgut Ozal in 1983. The party supported neoliberal economics, which meant that it supported restrictions on government interference in the economy and also supported private capital and enterprise; the party also supported some public expressions of religion. The party won the 1983 general election, and Ozal was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1989 and President from 1989 to 1993. The party's mixture of Islamic revivalists and secular liberals created problems, however, and the party would lose all representation in government during the 21st century.